.au commercial domains touch 500,000

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The number of .com.au and .net.au domain names has touched half
a million and this is ample evidence that Australian firms are
embracing the internet as a means to do business, the chief
executive officer of the .au Domain Administration says.

In a media release, Chris Disspain said after two-and-a-half
years of controlling the .au domain space, auDA, along with its
licensed registry AusRegistry, accredited registrars and their
resellers, had established one of the world's best domain name
regimes.

Disspain said auDA had strict rules in place, "to protect
Australian consumers and businesses and ensure the overall
integrity of the Internet in Australia."

As an example, he cited the fact that only a registered
Australian business can take out a a .com.au or .net.au domain
name.

According to auDA rules, this can be either someone who has
registered a business name or one who has registered a company.

In contrast, anyone could register a .com or .net domain.

Disspain urged Australian consumers and businesses to get behind
the .au domain regime because it clearly identified them as
being uniquely Australian.

"In many cases an Australian business will be trading on the
fact that they're Australian so why be circumspect? Show your
colours," he said.